An Illinois federal judge agreed Friday to dismiss fraud charges against two men ahead of an evidentiary hearing probing recent grand jury misconduct claims, but cautioned that "getting rid" of the case may not have prosecutors' desired effect, as such allegations continue causing "turmoil" throughout the district court.
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TOP NEWS

Ill. Judge Decries Grand Jury 'Turmoil,' Tosses Fraud Charges

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge agreed Friday to dismiss fraud charges against two men ahead of an evidentiary hearing probing recent grand jury misconduct claims, but cautioned that "getting rid" of the case may not have prosecutors' desired effect, as such allegations continue causing "turmoil" throughout the district court.

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CoStar Slams Zillow's Injunction Bid In Compass Antitrust Suit

By Isaac Monterose

Commercial real estate information company CoStar asked an Illinois federal court to let it fight Zillow's preliminary injunction bid in the property listing giant's antitrust suit against Compass and others, arguing that it can combat claims about anticompetitive collusion.

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Analysis

Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

By Chris Villani

After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

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POLICY & REGULATION

State Privacy & AI Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know

By Allison Grande

States are continuing to keep the heat on how companies are using a wide range of consumer data and artificial intelligence models, with Connecticut enacting new laws in both arenas and one Midwest locale eyeing what could become the nation's most stringent AI auditing rules.

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PTAB Cites Oscar, Emmy In Upholding Zaxcom Recording IP

By Theresa Schliep

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has declined to invalidate claims in Zaxcom Inc.'s patents covering technology for wireless audio recording, finding that Academy and Emmy awards that Zaxcom received for the technology defeat the challenges to them. 

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Disability Rights Orgs. Seek To Halt NY, Ill. 'Aid-In-Dying' Laws

By Gianna Ferrarin

Disability rights organizations hit the governors of New York and Illinois with a pair of federal lawsuits seeking to stop new laws in each state from taking effect that would allow patients with terminal illnesses to seek a doctor's assistance in ending their lives.

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Feds Drop Appeal To Preserve Trump Wind Permit Freeze

By Julie Manganis

The federal government has dropped its appeal of a Massachusetts federal judge's order last year blocking the Trump administration from freezing wind energy project permits, according to a filing with the First Circuit.

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LITIGATION

3M, DuPont Seek To Ax Out-Of-State PFAS Claims In Montana

By Lauren Berg

3M, DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other manufacturers asked a Montana federal judge to toss amended firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims brought by cities and municipalities in Connecticut, California and several other states, saying newly added out-of-state plaintiffs have no connection to Montana.

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Motorola Sued Again Over Vehicle-Tracking Camera Data

By Celeste Bott

A putative class action filed Thursday in Illinois federal court claims that Motorola Solutions operates a nationwide network of license plate recognition cameras and surveillance software that allows law enforcement agencies to track drivers' movements without their consent and in violation of their privacy rights.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Deal Innovation, Infra REITs, Compass

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into deal-side innovation, real estate investment trusts for digital infrastructure and New York's scrutiny of the $1.6 billion Compass-Anywhere merger.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

3 Things To Know About Trump's Pick To Lead SDNY

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to appoint Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner James M. McDonald to lead the Southern District of New York. Here are three things to know about him.

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Trump Personal Atty In Carroll Cases Confirmed To 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm Justin Smith, who represented the president in the defamation and sexual abuse cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Hagens Berman Must Cover Fees After Misconduct Findings

By Adrian Cruz

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP must cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability litigation over the morning sickness drug thalidomide, a Pennsylvania federal judge has said.

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Analysis

Newman's Appeal Loss Shows Limits On Suspension Reviews

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection on Monday of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's appeal in the long-running dispute over her suspension made clear that the available routes to challenge such orders are narrow, and spurred critics to contemplate ways to revise the system.

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Justices Turn Down Judge Newman's Suspension Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's effort to revive her lawsuit against her colleagues for suspending her, leaving intact a D.C. Circuit decision that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Attys Want Up To $33M In Long-Running UBH Benefits Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

Attorneys for employee benefit plan participants who sued to change how United Behavioral Health processed claims for mental health and substance use disorder treatment asked a California federal court for up to $33 million in fees and expenses for their work on the "groundbreaking" case.

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Ex-SEC Atty Reprimanded Over Misstatements In Crypto Case

By Julie Manganis

A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has received a public reprimand for misleading a judge in a cryptocurrency fraud case that led to sanctions against the agency.

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Barnes & Thornburg Profit-Share Admin Wants Legal Bills Paid

By James Boyle

A company that oversaw recordkeeping duties of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's profit-sharing plan says in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court it is owed legal fees over a previous suit filed by a former firm partner.

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FBI Misplaced Nadine Menendez's Jewelry, Judge Told

By Parker Quinlan

An attorney for Nadine Menendez on Monday told a Manhattan federal judge that the FBI is still unable to locate pieces of her jewelry seized as part of the investigation that led to Menendez and her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, being convicted of participating in a bribery scheme.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving shareholder voting rights, take-private transactions, merger disclosures, board control battles and investor litigation, while the Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments over the wind-down of an oil-and-gas investment fund.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aaron Katz Law

Ahdoot & Wolfson

Anderson & Kreiger

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Ballard Spahr

Barnes & Thornburg

Beveridge & Diamond

Bliven Law Firm

Browning Kaleczyc

Butler Snow LLP

Chipperson Law Group

Clark Hill

Cole Schotz

Cooley LLP

Cozen O'Connor

Croke Fairchild

Crowell & Moring

Dechert LLP

Demeo LLP

Despres Schwartz

Durkin & Roberts

Eimer Stahl

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Grant & Eisenhofer

Hagens Berman

Halloran Farkas

Heenan & Cook

Henning Strategies

Holland & Hart

Hunton Andrews

Jeffer Mangels

Katten Muchin

Latham & Watkins

Levenfeld Pearlstein

Manatt Phelps

Mancini Shenk

Mike Scott Law

Moritt Hock

Morrison & Foerster

O'Kelly & O'Rourke

Perkins Coie

Phelps Dunbar

Psych-Appeal Inc

Reed Smith

Reichman Jorgensen

Ropes & Gray

Rosen Bien

Rothman Law PLLC

Saul Ewing

Schwartz Sladkus

Seyfarth Shaw

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Snell & Wilmer

Snyder International Law Group

Stris & Maher

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Willkie Farr

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

Zuckerman Spaeder

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Adapt

Affordable Care LLC

Anthropic PBC

Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

Apollo Global Management LLC

Authentic Brands Group LLC

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Boston College

Cloudflare Inc.

CoStar Group Inc.

Compass Inc.

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Compassion & Choices

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Corteva Inc.

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Empire State Realty Trust Inc.

Equity Residential

Fort Point Capital

GSK PLC

Guess Inc.

HDR Global Trading Ltd.

HomeServices of America Inc.

Illinois Brick Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kiavi Funding Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Midwest Real Estate Data LLC

Morgan Stanley

Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Solutions Inc.

Mr. Cooper Group Inc.

Namdar Realty Group LLC

National Holdings Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New York University

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Otis Worldwide Corp.

Realtor.com

SL Green Realty Corp.

SPAR Group, Inc.

Sanofi

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Chemours Co.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

TopBuild Corp.

United Overseas Bank

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

University of Virginia

Zillow Group Inc.

ZincFive Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

Missouri Department of Agriculture

New York Attorney General's Office

New York City Department of Finance

New York State Assembly

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Public Utility Commission of Texas

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana

Washington Attorney General's Office